# collaboration gym (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover collaboration gym. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Calculus of Living Your Values](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/07/the-calculus-of-living-your-values/) _2026-07-27 · Faster Than 20_ I have lived in California for most of my life, and so the importance and scarcity of water is engrained in me. Several years ago, my friend Kate told me that she and her husband had made it a practice to capture water from their shower in a five-gallon bucket as they waited for it to warm up. They would then transfer the water into a rain barrel in their garden. I loved that idea, but our… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-07-27-blog/ft20-2026-07-27-blog.mp3) ## [Discomfort Is Human (and Valuable)](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/07/discomfort-is-human-and-valuable/) _2026-07-06 · Faster Than 20_ In my last blog post , I wrote about ways in which friction has been beneficial to my work and how, in this world of AI, we still have choices as to when and how we try to eliminate friction. I closed my post with the question: What are areas in your work or in your life where adding friction might actually help you? The post and the question resonated with several of you and led to some great… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-07-06-blog/ft20-2026-07-06-blog.mp3) ## [In an AI World, We Can Still Choose the “Hard” Way](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/06/in-an-ai-world-we-can-still-choose-the-hard-way/) _2026-06-15 · Faster Than 20_ Much of my work is about making it easier for groups to achieve their goals. Often, that entails finding ways to eliminate friction. But sometimes, the best way to help groups achieve their goals is to add friction. Consider exercise. Most of us don’t live in a world where we need to lift large weights above our heads or run long distances to get from one place to another. Technology has… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-06-13-blog/ft20-2026-06-13-blog.mp3) ## [Design Is More Important Than Facilitation](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/06/design-is-more-important-than-facilitation/) _2026-06-02 · Faster Than 20_ Facilitation isn't just what happens in the room. Time and care invested in the meeting's design can be far more impactful. [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-06-02-blog/ft20-2026-06-02-blog.mp3) ## [What I Learned about Connection and Trust from Black Farmers and the CIA](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/05/what-i-learned-about-connection-and-trust-from-black-farmers-and-the-cia/) _2026-05-13 · Faster Than 20_ Last month, I went to New York and D.C. to attend two meetings that, on the surface, could not have been more different. The first was a tour of land owned by Black farmers in rural upstate New York , which I was attending specifically to see The Center for NuLeadership’s inspiring project, The People’s Land . The second was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the similarly inspiring… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-05-13-blog/ft20-2026-05-13-blog.mp3) ## [Intergenerational Spaces Benefit Everyone](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/03/intergenerational-spaces-benefit-everyone/) _2026-03-30 · Faster Than 20_ A few weeks ago, my Winter cohort of Power and Love for Managers had its final session in Oakland. We closed the training with appreciations, and one participant said how much she valued being in an “intentionally intergenerational space.” That comment struck a chord for me. It was an accurate description, but I had framed my goals around diversity more generally and around experience rather than… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-03-30-blog/ft20-2026-03-30-blog.mp3) ## [“Velocity” for Humans](https://fasterthan20.com/2026/02/velocity-for-humans/) _2026-02-24 · Faster Than 20_ A few years ago, I took an introductory class on Bonsai , the art of growing miniaturized trees in pots. The first thing they taught us was that, with the exception of tropical species, trees needed to be kept outside. Why? Because trees sleep during the winter, and if they are constantly kept awake with artificial light and heat, they will eventually die. It made sense once I understood the… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2026-02-24-blog/ft20-2026-02-24-blog.mp3) ## [Foraging for Ginseng: Self-Reliance and the Stories We Tell Ourselves](https://fasterthan20.com/2025/11/foraging-for-ginseng-self-reliance-and-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/) _2025-11-20 · Faster Than 20_ Nine years ago, I found myself hiking through the Kentucky Appalachians foraging for ginseng with my then 75-year old mother. She had met a dealer in Los Angeles who spent half the year in Kentucky foraging for the precious root and who occasionally brought others along on his expeditions. My mom wasn’t in the best of health, but she decided she wanted to do this, and when she gets an idea in her… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2025-11-20-blog_202511/ft20-2025-11-20-blog.mp3) ## [Good Energy](https://fasterthan20.com/2025/08/good-energy/) _2025-08-15 · Faster Than 20_ Card by Lindsey Elias . Photograph by Dharmishta Rood . In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment. —Maxine Hong Kingston, The Fifth Book of Peace (2003) Earlier this year, my partner and I were spending an evening with friends, enjoying a beautiful dinner. We mostly avoided talking about current events, but… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/fasterthan20/archive.org/download/ft20-2025-08-14-blog/ft20-2025-08-14-blog.mp3)